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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: inspirational, life, philosophy
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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: travel
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“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: wisdom
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity
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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: life, travel
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“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, integrity, self-reliance, self-respect
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“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: apothegm, beauty, truth
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“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: time
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“The best fighter is never angry.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: anger, anger-management, ataraxy, bushido, inner-peace, martial-arts, self-control, serenity, warrior-ethos, warriorship
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“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: misattributed, misattributed-lao-tzu
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“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: acceptance, contentment, perception, self-acceptance, self-assurance, self-confidence
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“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: courage, death, inspirational, life, moral-courage, real-life
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“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
― Lao Tzu
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
― Lao Tzu
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“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: contentment
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“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: profound, self-awareness, self-discovery
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“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: dreams
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“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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“Silence is a source of Great Strength.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: silence
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“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching
tags: aphorism, philosophy, proverb
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“If you understand others you are smart.
If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
If you overcome others you are powerful.
If you overcome yourself you have strength.
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: philosophy
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“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: thinking
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“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
― Lao-Tzu
tags: kindness
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“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: detachment, envy, greed, illusions, selfishness, simplicity
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“A leader is best
When people barely know he exists
Of a good leader, who talks little,
When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
They will say, “We did this ourselves.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
tags: good-leader, leader, leaders, people
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“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
― Lao Tzu
tags: attributed-no-source, music
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“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment”
― Lao Tzu
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“Act without expectation.”
― Lao Tzu
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